Category Archives for Dreams + Plans

So this is Christmas… and what have you done? ​So this is ChristmasAnd what have you doneAnother year overAnd a new one just beganAnd so this is ChristmasI hope you have fun​Those are the words to Jon Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “So this is Christmas (War is over)”. I don’t know why, maybe some weird […]

Even I struggle to love my business somedays. It feels hard and tiring and I find myself lusting after my “ex” who was easy and fun. I never had to worry where my next chunk of cash was coming from. I would cruise into the Petrol Station in my company car with my fully loaded […]

You don’t want to put yourself “out there” in business. I get it. I didn’t want to either. “Oh man… she used to be hot… “I thought about all the people who would think I looked fat or pale or old or stupid. Old school friends, ex-boyfriends, old colleagues. All the haters that would write nasty […]

Here is a slightly uncomfortable question for you to think about as we near the end of another financial year (in Australia) and the mid-year point of the calendar. “Do you like the IDEA of having a business or do you want to be IN business?”We are almost 50% done with 2017, a few blinks later […]

Threats are always going to exist in business. The competitor that managed to beat you to launch. That person that rips off your content (it just happened to me recently..). The business down the road that undercuts your pricing. The weirdo that copies everything you do, from social media to products and services.It’s annoying, disheartening […]

When we plan in our businesses the designated amount of time is usually 12 months. It feels achievable and exciting when we start brain dumping our dreams and pinning them to our vision boards. Then all of a sudden it is late March, and holy schmucks we have done nothing! Twenty-five percent of our year […]

Wow is this a wild time to be in business, especially if you’re also trying to home school kids or you’re keeping little ones out of day care. Even if you don’t have kids, like me, these tips about how to keep your business flowing during a crisis will help. This advice extends far beyond […]

In the Southern Hemisphere it is already the end of the financial year. That means we are also halfway through 2016, shocking I know! I will save you from the “Oh my peaches, where did the year go!” chatter… Everyone knows where the year went… it was sucked into the dark cavernous time vortex. Mid […]